This I am able to provide by the kindness of our distinguished antiquary, Mr.David Laing--the fulness and correctness of whose acquirements are only equalled by his readiness and courtesy in communicating his information to others:-- SCOTTISH POETS OF THE LAST CENTURY.
ALLAN RAMSAY.

B.1686.

D.1757.His _Gentle Shepherd_, completed in 1725, and his _Collected Poems_ in 1721-1728.
It cannot be said there was any want of successors, however obscure, following in the same track.

Those chiefly deserving of notice were-- ALEXANDER Ross of Lochlee.

B.1700.